Challengers Ask Court to Pause Agreement Between Texas and the DOJ on Deportation Proceedings

Dem cities urge high court to stop deal ending Biden-era immigration rule

A coalition of Democratic-run cities asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to halt a June ruling in a federal court that would block a Biden administration immigration rule allowing judges to close deportation proceedings indefinitely, after the Trump administration declined to defend the rule. Texas officials sued the federal government over the rule in June, but hours after the lawsuit was filed, the Department of Justice said it agreed with Tex…

Challengers ask court to pause agreement between Texas and the DOJ on deportation proceedings

Three cities and a group that provides legal services to immigrants came to the Supreme Court, asking the justices to pause an agreement between Texas and the Department of Justice that they described as the product of “egregious collusion.” A ruling in the challengers’ favor would temporarily restore a Biden-era regulation, adopted through notice-and-comment rulemaking, that allows immigration judges to suspend some deportation proceedings – wh…

Cities Ask the Supreme Court to Revive a Biden-Era Immigration Rule

The cities in Maryland, Ohio and Connecticut say the Justice Department and Texas used a court to flout the typical rulemaking process.

Blue cities ask SCOTUS to rescue Biden-era immigration rule from backdoor deal

Democratic-led cities pushed back after Texas successfully squashed a longstanding immigration practice through a one-day lawsuit against the federal government.